Black Friday sales just ended and some lucky people had a chance to stand in 10 hour lines to Office Depot and buy a brand new HP G50-112NR Laptop for a mere $349 - I Call it a FREE at this price for 15.4" Screen, Intel Dual-Core T3200 Processor, 3Gb of Ram, 160Gb HD, 6 Cell Battery and DVD-RW burner.

Not a big Vista fan? [Me neither]. Not a problem - I'll help you find most of these pesky drivers for XP, which HP is too lazy to provide.

Conexant HD Audio Modem driver [old one here] - My helpful readers suggested a different audio driver which worked better for them – Get it here and if bugs you for login/password try this page [ I’ll try to arrange for a different mirror tomorrow]

And at last Wireless Network Wi-Fi driver: Broadcom,Intel and AtherosYou might have ether version, but I'd start with Broadcom first…

Please leave comment which Wi-Fi driver worked for you…

P.S: I received some responses about problems with audio. I’d like to hear your comments how did it worked out for you or not.

@NoVistaNoThanksFirst Kudos on username :)I'm sorry if I wrote this article a bit too technical and design toward more experienced crown, but worry not. I'll list articles which help you to go trough the process of downgrade:http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9040318

Dear Anon, Please provide more info if you'd like advice/assistance.How do the sound devices appear at device manager, if any?What service pack of windows XP are you using?Have you tried to re-install drivers again?

Well I have tried to installed all the windows xp 10 times at least. The audio drivers appeared to be installed correctly but no sound card is active in the control panel. Windows XP SP2 original from HP. My SP3 WinXP cd gave me a blue screen when I tried to installed from it.

Well this is what I have done:1. Install WinXP SP2 from HP Cd.2. Install chipset.3. Install video.4. Install smart audio 2.215. Install HDMII have checked the control panel, audio devices, and there is no sound card activated. It appears in the hardware list. I do this for a living, it is very frustating. This is a client notebook, I have been fight with this machine since 4 days after the Black Friday.

By the way. I have used the normal cd of WinXP SP3 Professional with this machine, but I received a blue error screen. Luckily I have to downgrade a notebook with Windows Vista Ultimate and this machine had the english and spanish cds for winxp sp2 that works with HP laptops. I have also tried to incorporate SP3 to this cd, but again I received the blue error screen.

Hey Kurt,I'm sorry you running into all this trouble because of "value oriented" customer :) wink,but I'd like to help you:Find "Contact BoredSysAdmin" link on right side of page and send me please screenshots of device manager window and of details tab(s) of any yellow or red marked device(s) if any.Thx !

Can you post cpu-z details for this laptop? I got a sony optiarc 7560s in it. It had a recent firmware update from sony but not from hp. I am not able to flash the firmware since its oem. I observed that I got A-data 2gb ram stick (400 Mhz max) in it and some ramaxel 1gb ram with 333Mhz speed maximum.

Hey man,I installed Win XP3 in hp laptop dv 2000 series. As usual Audio device is not working.i have changed the CDSversion to 200 & installed kb8881111 but my "Audio Device on High definition Audio Bus" is still listed in other devices with a yellow question mark sayin on driver for this device has not been installed? wat do? im searchin for this for almost a week for so many solution but nothing is working...now im unable to uninstall the device itself. its sayin "it may be needed during boot up so unable to uninstall" ridiculous!!!

Blue Screen on XP install usually Means you'll need to slipstream SATA drivers into the install. I don't have yet a post about it, but there several across internet. Look up for one uses nLite - its the easiest one.

Hey DjP,Sorry for the troubles you going thru and I wish I had the laptop at hand to verify the info, but I don't. It looks like JR had similar issues (Blue Screens) and it just takes to find the right driver...Try this post:http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1240234468298+28353475&threadId=1292979

I need healp please. i have the original MSDN CD. I'm trying to install the Xp Pro sp2 but having problem. AFter setting up the SCSI hadd driver it's going through the HDD detection then right after the HDD format it's asking fo rthe intel matrix stroage driver again...i don't know what to do ...please help......I also try to create the XP CD with the driver already planted in there then i'm having the EULA error. HELP PLEASE

Iam having HPG50-112NR laptop i had degraded my os from vista to windows xp with sp2.My problem is that i cant able get the audio drivers.I had gone through the thread i had tried all the methods which has been suggested in the thread.Please can any one help me in this issue.RegardsKamal

Sam, I have not updated links for a while for 3 year old post, but if you do go to intel support page and choose chipset driver/laptop/ Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset/window xp proYou will find all the drives you need